verbally

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Recent Examples of verbally Richie's wife verbally attacks Maeve, even stooping so low as to look her up and down and insult her appearance. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Dear Eric: My family moved out of state to cut ties with my husband’s verbally and emotionally abusive mother. R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 1 May 2025 In an August 2020 filing, the Maryland father's wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, said Abrego Garcia had kicked and slapped her, as well as verbally abused her. Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 Local News In 2020, Jennifer Vasquez alleged he was kicked, slapped and shoved by husband In a 2020 protective order, Jennifer Vasquez alleged that her husband verbally abused, kicked, slapped, and shoved her. Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for verbally
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbally
aloud
Adverb
  • As is done at every bi-annual event, the names of the 165 veterans engraved on the black granite Duty and Service Wall were read aloud.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • Elsewhere there are a couple of more expressive flourishes, including the cheesy use of a semi-dissolve close-up of the writer over the image of a letter as it’s read aloud, but not enough to give the movie any real flavor.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 May 2025

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“Verbally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbally. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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